Creating Your Soul Map

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Seven Steps for Creating Your Soul Map

Chapter 3: Choosing a Soul Map Template

Daffodil-Inspired Template

Celtic Cross-Inspired Template

Tibetan Buddhism-Inspired Template

Hexagram-Inspired Template

Interlocking Circles: Islam-Inspired Template

Balance, Symmetry and Infinity–Inspired Template

Spiral-Inspired Template

Foundation Soul Map Template

Hints and Tips

Chapter 4: Designing Your Soul Map

Chapter 5: Colouring Your Soul Map

Chapter 6: Gaining More Meaning from the Colours in Your Soul Map

Chakras

Chapter 7: Reflecting on Your Soul Map

Chapter 8: Benefits of Creating and Continuing to Use Your Soul Map

After I have built my Soul Map, what next?

Next in the Your Soul Family series

Soul map templates

Student examples of soul maps

Preface:

I came to Your Soul Family some years ago. In the space of three years all of my near family passed away except for my brother, who was a six-hour journey away. The hardest passing was when I was unexpectedly widowed. My son was then fifteen years old and my daughter had just had her eleventh birthday party. I really did not know how I was going to cope with raising two children alone, running a home and holding down a demanding full-time job. I was on the go from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and then not sleeping well. I knew that this pace was not sustainable, but I did not know how to change my life. I felt so alone and unloved.

Many readers will have had similar experiences of bereavement, or extreme stress that can arise from any number of situations.  Many of them involve loss of someone or something you value – child, partner, job, business, home.  Each of us need to find a way of handling our loss or stress.

It was in the early hours of a morning when sleep eluded me that I stumbled on my inner consciousness and found a space of calmness. It was there that I let out all of my hurt and loneliness – but to my great surprise it was there that I found strength, love and guidance. At last I had met my ‘inner you’. Some people call this ‘inner you’ your subconscious, higher self or soul, depending on their life view. I like ‘inner you’ as it feels more familiar, someone close to you and not ethereal.

Meeting my ‘inner you’ was a real turning point for me. My key question was

“What should I do next in my life?”

I knew I could not continue my life as it was, but I did not know how to change it for the better. Over time, my ‘inner you’ guided me in making small changes that made my life more manageable.

After I first stumbled on my place of calmness, it took me some time to learn to communicate with my ‘inner you’. It required trial and error plus repeating things many times over a number of weeks to see if I received the same answers. It took me some time to get to know my ‘inner you’ and to learn to trust the messages I received.

To make your journey easier, the Your Soul Family series of books captures the processes of getting to know your ‘inner you’, so you too can have a friend to aid you as you encounter challenges on your journey of life. In this process you will create and colour a geometric picture of you and your life which I have called a ‘Soul Map’, as a visual aid to understanding yourself better.  No artistic skills are required.